1. خَمْر الْغُرُوْر بِك اسْتَبَدّا

    لا يَابْن (دَيّان) رُوَيْدَا

    The wine of arrogance has taken hold of you.

    No, son of Dayan—hold back!

  2. لايَهْنّك الْنَّصْر الْخَسِيس

    وَمَا كَسَبَت الْيَوْم كَيْدا

    May the base victory bring you no joy,

    nor what you gained today through scheming.

  3. الْمَجْد بِالْنَصْر الأصَيَل

    وَلَيْس مَا أَحْرَزْت مَجْدَا

    Glory comes through genuine victory,

    and what you achieved is no glory.

  4. بِالْغَدْر أنْت كَسَبته

    وَالْغَرْب كَان لَه مُعَدّا

    You won it through treachery,

    and the West stood ready for it.

  5. الْغَرْب دُبُرَه وَأَنْت

    بِرَكْبِه قَد سِرْت عَبْدِا

    The West planned it, and you

    had marched in its train as a slave.

  6. لا يَابْن صِهْيَوْن الْجَبَان

    خَسِئْت أمَالا وَقَصْدَا

    No, cowardly son of Zion,

    may you be abased in your hopes and aims!

  7. الْنَّصْر فِي وَضَح الْنَّهَار

    إِذَا لَقِيْت عِدَاك فَرْدا

    Victory comes in broad daylight,

    when you face your enemies alone—

  8. لا مايُدَبّر فِي الْظَّلام

    تامِرا وَيَنَال حِقْدَا

    not what is plotted in darkness,

    through conspiracy, and won through spite.

  9. وَيَخِطْه الْبَغْي الْحَقُود

    وَكَم مُؤَامَرَة أَعِدَّا؟

    Spiteful aggression plots it—

    and how many conspiracies has it prepared?

  10. وَبَدَت فَضَائِحَه تَلُوْح

    عَلَى الْوَرَى بَنْدَا فَبَنَدا

    And its scandals have come into view,

    before humankind, item after item.

  11. تِلْك الَّتِي أُضَحِّى لَهَا

    وَجْه الْضَّمِيْر الْحُر يُنْدِى

    Those before which

    the face of a free conscience has grown damp.

  12. أَيْن الْعَدَالَة ؟يَاترَى

    وَمَبَادِئ الْأَخْلاق تَرْدِى؟

    Where is justice, I wonder,

    while moral principles fall into ruin?

  13. أَيْن الْسَّلام ؟؟وَأَيْن صَوْت شُعُوْبِه

    وَفْدَا فَوَفْدا؟

    Where is peace, and where is the voice of its peoples,

    delegation after delegation?

  14. أَيْن الْضَّمِيْر الْعَالَمِي؟

    تَرَى أَغِيْب أَم تَرْدِى؟

    Where is the world's conscience?

    Do you think it has vanished, or fallen into ruin?

  15. يَاهَيِّئَة الامم احَزْمّي

    في الأمر ضَاق الْصَّبْر جُهْدَا!!

    O United Nations, be resolute

    in this matter—patience has worn thin under strain!

  16. يَا كِل مَحَكمَّة لِدَفْع الْظُّلْم

    صَبِي الْيَوْم رَعْدَا

    O every court that repels injustice,

    pour down thunder today!

  17. صَبِي جَحِيْم صَوَاعِق

    وَضِعَي لِهَذَا الْبَغْي حَدَّا

    Pour down an inferno of thunderbolts,

    and put an end to this aggression.

  18. يَا كِل سَيْف لِلْعَدَالَة ثُر

    وَمَزَّق عَنْك غَمْدَا

    O every sword of justice, rise!

    And tear off your sheath!

  19. أَيَضِيع حَق شُعُوْبَنَا

    وَالْحَق وَضَّاحِا تُبْدِى؟

    Is the right of our peoples to be lost,

    while you reveal the truth so plainly?

  20. أَشَرِيعَة الْعَدْل الْمُقَدَّس

    تَسْتَبِي عَرَضَا وَتَهْدِى؟

    Is the law of sacred justice

    taken captive as a commodity and given away,

  21. وَتَدُوْسُهَا أَقْدَام الْطُغَاة

    ولأ تُرَى عَوْنَا وَجُنْدَا؟

    and trampled by the feet of tyrants,

    with no help or troops in sight?

  22. أِكَرَامَة الإنْسَان تُهْدَر

    وَالْحُقُوْق تَضِيْع عَمْدا؟

    Is human dignity squandered,

    and are rights lost deliberately?

  23. أ َيُكَافَأ الْعُدْوَان وَالْمَجْنِي عَلَيْه

    يُسَام طَرْدا؟

    Is aggression rewarded, while the victim

    is subjected to expulsion?

  24. مُا لأَبْرِيَاء يُشَرَّدُون

    وَيَقْتُلُوْن أُسّى وَوَجَدَا؟

    What of the innocent, driven from their homes

    and killed amid grief and anguish?

  25. الْقُوَّة الْعَمْيَاء جَاوَزْت الْمَدِّى

    بَغْيا وَكَيْدَا

    Blind force has exceeded the limit,

    in aggression and scheming.

  26. وَغُرُوْر صِهْيَوْن تَمَادِى

    وَالضَّلأل لَنَا تَحَدِّى

    And Zion's arrogance has gone too far,

    and delusion has challenged us.

  27. دَاس الْكَرَامَة وَالْسَّلام

    وَصَار للأ دْيَان ضِدّا

    It trampled dignity and peace,

    and became an enemy of religions.

  28. جَار الْيَهُوْد عَلَى الْحُدُوْد

    وَكَم جَنَوْا إِثْما وَإِدَا؟

    The Jews encroached on the borders,

    and how many sins and atrocities have they committed?

  29. بِلْفُور وَعْدَك فِي الْجَحِيْم

    لِكُل مَن أَعْطَيْت وَعْدَا..!!

    Balfour, your promise is in hell,

    for all to whom you gave a promise!